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Individual Characters In Frankenstein

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The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has many characters with flaws that are dynamically complex interplay between individual characters that play critical roles in the meaning and makeup of the story for the reader. Since 1818 when the novel was first published, people have been reading this miraculous novel and learning many valuable lessons from Shelley’s writing. In the story, the character Victor creates life which is “the Creature,” and is horrified by his creation and abandons it. The Creature in the story is the character that evolves the most with the story and is changed by every encounter. The creature demonstrates this by learning from each situation and applying the same or enhanced plan to achieve his goals. The Creature perfectly embodies its physical surroundings, lack of parental love, and isolationism.
The Creature is more directly affected by its surroundings than the other characters in the story. The Creature is so affected by his surroundings because he has had no explanation for life or anything that exists; everything has to be discovered for himself. As stated by the Creature, “This reading had puzzled me …show more content…

This is demonstrated by the creature saying, “Like Adam, I was created apparently united by no link to any other being in existence, (Chapter XV, page 132).” By stating this, the creature feels he has no creator/maker. The creature perfectly demonstrates an entity that doesn’t have a creator because he is constantly in survivor mode and has never had any guiding hand from his creator/(s). The constant survival mode that the creature is in inherently speeds up the creatures learning and comprehension rate because there is no one he can rely on for help. Also, in the story, not only does the creature not have a compassionate creator, he does not have any

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